Talk:Shabbos goy

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There was a Yiddish song about a Shabbos goy. Any links to the lyrics?:)

"It is a beautiful image of reciprocal blessing." Isn't this POV? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.231.159 (talk) 10:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The last paragraph of this article reads more like a religious tract than an encyclopedia entry. Where's the NPOV? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.144.213 (talk) 12:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shwartza is quite derogatory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.97.195.2 (talk) 18:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elvis Presley : Shabbos Goy

There are many references to a teenaged Elvis Presley performing Shabbos tasks for his upstairs neighbors. However he might not have been a Shabbos Goy because there is evidence that he would be considered Jewish under Jewish law through is maternal lineage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jny (talk • contribs) 02:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article presents no inline citation

Many of the statements in the article are subject to interpretation.

For example....It is absolutely forbidden to ask explicitly for a non-Jew to do any Melacha. If however a person is sick to the extent that he cannot move out of his bed, then certain Rabbinic restrictions fall away - such as taking medication.

If however, the situation is potentially life threatening or life threatening, the Torah-prohibitions are subject to leniency, depending. For example, it is better to hire a non-Jewish taxi driver to take a woman in labor to the hospital.

In general therefore, we see that Generally you cannot explicitly ask a non-Jew to do any Melacha. Only in exceptional circunmstances. Hinting, itself is a problem, and only may be performed on certain Melachos....for example, you cannot hint to a non-Jew to turn on a light, if he doesn't benefit from it, however, only in specific circumstances.

In short, the article needs to have proper citations.

Dannyza1981 (talk) 20:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]